Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05
LETTERS FROM TIE CAP I,il1isiE,1I.
ST. PAUL. MINI. Feb,

ST. PAUL. MINI, IN, 1857.
The temperance question like Banquo's
Eghostwill not down sIt was up ii the SEN
ate. ate today ID the shape of bin allowing
druggists to sell liquor on prescriptions Of
physicians. The temperance people OBJ
posed this on the ground that it would be
abused and turn the drug stores into sa-
Ioons, but the bill was recommended to
pass In the House three temperance bills
had been made special order. One of
Chem provides fines and penalties for VIC
| eiatlon Of the new high license law That
law as 1t stands is an entire dead letter for
iack OF any penalty. 1t was the design
IN passing it to have no entangling
matter connected with it but make it simply
nigh license law and then pass another Law
providing for its endorsements. This law is
I YET 20 pc gotten through, and as there are q
sood many mls21vlngs relative to the new
| departure It looks as though twas going to
! , be harder to pass that law than the original
nigh license law Though this bill Was.Fwith
| Two others On the same subject, the special
order for to-day, the House aftera wrangle of
some length refused to take them up. The
| ( Senate passed the railroad bill which was
| debated nearly all day yesterday, this
morning, with only two negative votes.
| The bill allows free passes There was
| q very spirited contest in the Senate today
! ever e, the bill transferring the Minneapolis
| g st. Cloud land grant to the Daluth, st.
! Cloud, Mankato & Southern railroad The
t arguinentfll adeswas that it was unconsti-
| tutional to make the transfer. but the Sen
ate did not see it<in that light and recon-
N the bill to pass; by a large majority.
/ Inc House worked very iDdustriousiy, hold
ing three sessions and sitting until nearly
midnight. Among the bills Introduced last
! night was tho general appropriation bill,
which appropriafes over 100000 This pro.
1 YIdes for the expense of the State govern
! .nent for Two Years III view Of there being
40 Legislative session next year. The Cap
5..tol removal question continues to furnish
'one amusement. Minneapolis started in
with an offer of ten acres and two mill
ion dollars; Duluth followed with an offer
| OF forty acres and two million and q half
dollars for building. st. Paul came for
" Wa i,,t with bill authorizing the issue Of
million dollars to build the CAPITOL 1she1
and now comes Sleepy Eye with an offer
i OF live hundred acres and five million dol
lars, the five million to include to cover a
one million dollar hotel. There are prob
/ ably several towns yet to be heard from
/ and as long as it costs but little to get a
piece Of paper on which to make a PROPOSE
/ ton, it is likely that the offers will run up
/ several million higher. In the maan time
the, wise citizens of st. Paul
and Nh Minneapolis have appointed
1 WIN AlCtc0o. WAO lave ueitl a JO1nL meeting
and come to the conclusion that there is 10
occasion for removing the capitol after all,
i but recommended that the present building
pc repaired and the matter ended there for
the present As that is exactly what the
Legislature had decided to do without any
OF this outside advice, it would seem that q
great deal of unnecessary chin music has
j been thrust upon the public ear on this sub.
!ect the outcome of the whole matter being
that twenty OF twenty-five thousand
dollars will be used in putting the present
/ building in safe condition.